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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-02-04


treat Bend. KIN. has built thres
IN lrchcs the past season. the cost AZ
! .rerssing t3ae0O.
New York City needs twenty-five
new schools. all below the high-school
grade. costing over $1,000. 900. ~ u
lribnne.
Rev. DIR. Henry Jackson Morton
has resigned the rcctorship II 81.
James Protestant Episcopal Church.
philadelphia, after fifty-six years q
service.
Mr.. Spurgcon says Of the Saliva
tion Army: IN II were wiped out Of
London five thousand extra policemen
could not fill its place in the repression
81 crime aud disorder"
The man who rerroachfully asks
why the churches do not have revival
all the time Is respectfully requested
10 clucidate why we do not have q
spring season all the year through. -
Detroit Christian Adrocafe.
a little Moslem girl said to one
of our missionaries: ~ like your
Jesus because he loves little girls. Our
Mohammed did not love little girls.
The child had struck the keynote d
Christianity.-N Y. Witness.
The love az books. as the mere
scholar has IT," says Prof. Blackie, Ill
the root Of all solemn stupidity. The
habitual fixing the eyes on grave
books is one Of the great evils Of mod
ern education. Paper and Press.
When Rev. Russell II. Conwel
entered on the passionate Of Grace
Baptist Church. Philadelphia. abcu
four years ago, the membership wa
less than three hundred. 1t Is nov
nearly nine hundred. Phiidiclphs.
Press.
The Methodist Woman's HON
Missionary Society employs Mrs II
Matthews as a missionary at Castl
Garden. There is large field for 10y
ing Christian work among the fcmal
immigrants rs they reach their nes
homc-N Y. Witness.
The Brooklyn Children's Aid Soci
ETY. reports: Total number Of person
helped during the past year. s,2la
number Of meals furnished (exclusiv
Of Seaside Honey. 92. 1s7; number q
garments distributed. 634l; amour
received in part payment BY boys. etc
e4.367.93.
Since the death Of Morley Pun
-. ~ -. l....., g.. /. ...J that Mafhf.sIi n
was losing its hold in London. To al
rest this tendency a vigorous effort
being made by the English Wesleyan
to establish West London Mission
A large tabernacle. similar 70 Spur;
cons is contemplated. with missio
premises on an elaborate scale ReN
NJ Guy Pearse will visit Amerie
with view to raising a portion Of ID
funds for the enterprise.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-02-04

Aurclia--Arthur. this Is a momcntoua
question. You ask me 20 give my life
into your keeping. Oh. Arthur
ID Twirliger--Tor Heavens sake,
don't be violent. II I've made hsd
break. forgive me.
mo. no. Arthur; let rs not mic
understand each other. Can dare
trust your"
"Aurclia, ! will answer you frankly.
speaking for tailor or . hotel man ]
would ny no. but ~ . maiden think
yOu can venture. - RkiIsdelphja CuIl
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-02-04

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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-02-04

olo,0D were spent n eighteen year, By
Prot q. A. Donaldson. Of Louisville. KY
N trying 70 got rid Of rhoumatism, but ne
found 20 relief until q last ho used 81 u
oobs Oil, which speedily cured him.
Take Red Star Cough euro for colds. No
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-02-04

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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-02-04

n Il said once when Mr.. Clemens Mars
rwain). ~ tire solicitation Of his wife,
called on Mrs stowe. he was 20 absent
minded a. 10 put on neithsr collar nor
nccktie On Mrs. Clemens demonstrating
on his return he said he would make II al
right, and accordingly sent collar and :
tie Of his over 10 Mrs. Stowe in box
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-02-04

A SonE THROAT OR CoU0u, II suffered e
progress. often results in an incursble
throat or lung trouble. "Bror.s Brcnen.o
Troches" Give instant relief Price y cts
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-02-04

A PAIR OF patent feathers and an old coat
shine in society," Uashington Critic.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-02-04

Lrrr is burdensome, alike 70 the sufferer
and ali around him, whiiedyspepsia and its
attending evils holds sway. Complaints o.
this nature can be speedily cured ~ TAX
lands once thus af1icted now bear cheerful
Testimony a. TO its merits.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-02-04

BRoxcHrrrs Is cured by frequent small
doses OF Piso's Cure for Consumption.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-02-04

THE beautifully variegated rooster d tn
crow mo- OF the barn-yard.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-02-04

Mr.. Editor: was induced BY reading
Tonic FOR debility. liver disorder and scrof-
MA. and three bottles have cured me. 40
cept my thanks. Jos. G. Boggs.-A.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-02-04

A CONSERVATION lock makes very gooo
chest protcctor.-N Y. PieaysnG
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-02-04

ALWAYS mas = pryor engagement-ths
crowbar. -1szas SVtsags
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A PROMISING writer-the giver Of prom
issory note.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-10-08

1t has grown almost into a proverb
that it is not safe to name your child
for a living person, least before the
person dies he may do something which
will cause you to regret it. So it is
not safe for our prohibition friends to
say that prohibition prohibits, and cite
this or that town as proof. A case in
point is this:-A few weeks ago one 90
our good prohibition friends asked us
to print ali article from a newspaper,
which asserted that prohibition did
really prohibit in Topeka. We prom
ised 10 print the article, and intended
to do so, but before we o find space
for it, 10 and behold! hers comes the
news that twenty saloons have been
discovered in Topeka, which had been
running for some time right under the
nose of the governor, and of the good
brother who didn't believe whisky
could be bought in Topeka ''for bever-
age PURPOSES By the wayl what a
deal of hypocrisy there is under that
phrase of 'Jor beUerage purposes
Protesting that it is not for that pUr-
pose that he buys ii, the red nosed old
prohibitionist laws it in a quart at a
time, and tells the lie to his conscience
three or four times a day, when he
sucks his bottle, that ne is ill. o, yes.
prohibition prohibits, in Topeka, and
''for beverage purposes generally.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-10-08

Lexington seeking subscribers on the
ground go" Were u P~r0htbuioRiSt, anC
you visited at least one merchant here
under the supposiiion that he was a
prohibitionist, and asked SUPPORT from
him for thai reason. And at yelling
ton, after the speeches of yourself and
wife, an appeal was made for money
for you, because You were supporting
the Wood law.
10 Kansas it may be fashionable to
make merchandise of ones convictions,
and men may thrive by fawning, but
III this "whisky- cursed" land men
generally form their convictions from
principle.
Another person in your paper, a cor.
respondent from another county.
writes a private letter. which not
strangely finds its way into print. He
tries to be sarcastic, and Joins the
tribe of little poodles who sre barking
at the heels of j. d. She alter. But
little Billy Catron before lie rushed
into print would have done well to
have recalled our past relations. The
aforesaid j.. ID. ). once wrote a little
paper, now on file in the criminal
court, which proved of immense value
to Billy Catron, in Il cause in which the
state was plaintiff. That paper caused
Billy to think Shewalter then welded
a trenchent pen. VIM. j. Catron, if
he has literary aspirations, would do
well to turn them into another channel.
will conclude by saying, not good
bye, but simply at reUoir.
a.. ID. SHEWALTER.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-10-08
THE PEOPLE BEGIN TO SEE.

LEXINGTON, Mo-, October 5, 1887.
EDITOR INTELLIG ENCER:-I noticed,
in the opening OF this LEGAL option cam
paign, that most of the counties voting
on the question adopted The Wood bill.
Recently, however, the elections have
been going the other way, and prohi-
bitiom, disguised and masquerading as
local option, is being defeated. Is not
the a~gilalionthe work of prohibitionists?
[ believe it is. | believe there is a po-
liiical JOB in the whole business, and
that old party hacks and pot-bouse
politicians are engineering it for their
own advancement, and not because of
the moral influences about which they
pirate. The early elections were held
in prohibition counties, or counties
which voted pretty largely for the
peripatetic professional Brooks; why
we've the elections held III those coun-
and then WReeeause the result might in
over the state, with'fa to follow suit,
ing Brooks and others of his rHisioi'ioh
offices. But, thank God, the eyes .,
! The yaupie are being opened to the
tue mraning ofthe Wood bill, which
is = pmritanicAI a. the old ht5t- Law.
which forbade Il MAJ kissing hiS wit,
or Sunday, or imposed Il penalty upon
any ode who walked in bis garden Oh
the Sabbath day. Thank God, thu
elections are going the other way, ant
let Us be more than thankful that Lex
ington will fall into line with Harri
~snuville, keytesville, Brunswick
Hamilton and Slater, all OF which
towns have this week repudiated pro
hibition. Let us fall into line will
Charlton, Caidwclt, Dallas, Miller, st
Clair, Cooper, Andrew, Polk and tn
other counties which have defeate'
prohibition. Let US make the Thin!
unanimous here, and show the prohi'
bitionists we are abundantly able t
think for ourselves and to regulate on
own morals. We see their trick: lie
us defeat it, and prevent having loiste'
upon us as our governor the pOliiica
parsOn, who says he wou!d oppos
local option, where it is popular to d
so, if he wanted office.
Tom A. HAVE.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-10-08
LOCAL OPTION El.ECTIoN

VkNo the qualified voters OF the City of Lexips
4 ton. Whereas. q petition s,gned BY ous~.
tenth OIL the qualified voters of the CITY OF La
lngton nas been presented to the CITY ConnctiE
asSing mat an election be held to determins
Wnether or not spirituous or intoxicating liuuora
including wine and beer. shall he sold within
ssid city And, whereas, the City Council did,
on the 18Th day OF September, 1851, gram The
prayer OF said petition and oriere / said cleo
ton 10 be he. d On
THURSDAY, OCTOBER IL. 1857,
at the usual places of holding elcctions in ssid
CITY; Now. therefore. public notice is hereby
gwen that an election viii be held by the uuaIi-
bed voters of SAID city. on Thursday, the 18th
day OF october. 1851. Said election will be held
In the First Ward at the Siorehouse OF John
AuiI, near Arcana Hail. on the southwest side
OF Broadway; and Will be held in the Second
ara al the Courthouse; and win he held in the
Third ward at the house Of jonas Hines, now 3
vacant store rooni; and will be held in the
feurth Ward in the Engine House in Old Lex.
fngion.
0iven under my hand and The seal OF the city.
this l4th day of September, 1857
Attest:
C.. z. WALLACE, CITY pegjsters eept17tAAz
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-10-08

Thomas Jefferson, and the demo-
catic party after him, held that the
lest government is that which governs
east. The prohibitionist idea of pater-
nal govern ment is the everse of this,
and proposes to take the hand OF Caesar
even into the domestic affairs of what
q man shall eat and drink,
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-10-08

Roman Catholics have the good
sense not to canonize their saints ultil
after they are dead. The prohibition
ist: would do we'll to observe this rule,
as N canonizing themselves while still
in the flesh they u great risk OF
fosting ou the world some very poor
Material tor saints.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-10-08
THE TREES AMI nnra@

A man came into a forest. and made
a petition to the Trees to provide him
3 handle for his axe. The Trees con-
sented to his request. and gave him a
young ash tree. No sooner had the
man fitted from it a new handle to his
axe, than he began to use it, and
quickly felled with his strokes the
noblest giants OF the forest. An old
oak, ~lamenting, when too late, the
destruction of his companions, said to
a neighbOring cedar, The first step
has lost us all. If we had not given up
the rights of the ash, we might yet
have retained our W privileges, and
have stood Tor ages.'-Esop.
Moral. Do not give a wooden head
ed local option prohibition law a handle
to beat down your neighbours rights,
under pretense that it is for his moral
good, least in your fanatical zeal you
furnish the instrument which will later
on hew down yourOwn rights by the
pnntS
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-10-08

Shoul6 the physician prescribe wine,
in a case of sickness, deemiHg it neces-
sary to restore the patient TO health,
would not that patient, even though
an advocate Of local option, take the
wine? The Wood law says he cannot
have it; as no such prescription can be
filled.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-10-08

The Volunteer, last Friday, again
defeated the Thistle, thus securing the
retention of the Americas cup on this
side of the ocean for at least one more
year. Sandy is a good boy and a natty
sailor, but he can't build a yacht yet
that will flax the Yankees. All honor
to Mr.. BURGESS and Genl Paine.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-10-08

"The story of a domestic tragedy
comes from New South Wales, in which
a man murdered his wife and three
children during an attack of religious
frenzy" Hello! hello!! Prohibit re-
ligion! Here it is causing a man to
murder his wife and three children.
That is the logic of the prohibitiOnists.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-10-08

The number who abuse liquor as
compared with those who use it tenn
perateiy is very small. Shall the thous-
and who are not drunkards have their
individual liberty invaded TO ave from
eycess the one who ia Incorporate
Especially when all know that prohib-
itory laws do not separate the drunk
ard from his vice.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-10-08

Post:-"The Intelligencer may give
the lie to every temperance man in this
countv." The Post knows we have
done no such thing as this, and the
assertion lie a dishonorable method of
making a false impression. We simply
denounced as a lie the assertion that
Mr.. j. D. Shewalter wac speaking in
this ass for pay.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-10-08

The Wood prohibition law forces
you.o vote for the sale Of Intoxicating
liquos, whether you are for saloons or
not, iiyou are opposed to prohibition
Let th, blame for that rest where it
belongs, on those who provided this
obnoxlots form of ticket. 1t will be
used to iatimidate you at the polls, but
remember your manhood and vote
your true sentiments. Read the ballot
and if you are opposed to the WOOD
bill vote the tickle, for the sale of in
t~oIicating liquors.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-10-08

Whisky no doubt causes a great deal
of the insanity now in the world; re-
ligion comes next as a cause of insanl-
ty. Ergo, according to the prohibi-
do? Nop,rohibit religion. That won't
the other. The coe not; neither will
to avoid intemperance' sense way is,
and frenzy as to religion. -hisky.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-10-08

When Mr.. BLACKWELL was speaking
at Higginsville he mde the poiut that
the Wood law Was pohibitier.- It
Geo. ~Plattenburg, Who was in ersc
audience said, "rha is So, Brot' a !
Holm that's inst wha If is , wiat
Mr.. ~Shewalter was Speaking at -Pp,
courthouse he made tae same statems;af
when two clergymen iii the -audieIalte
supporters of the law asked, "WeIl,
who denies it?" Yet there are gentle
meR on the stump for this law who
claim that it is not prohibition, and
that they are nc prohibitonists.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-10-08

The assertion that 60, 900 persons die
annually in the United States from the
effects of drink is ridiculously false.
The census says the deaths from alco-
holism in 1880 were 1892.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-10-08

Richmond Democrat:-"If true, as
the friends of local option in this u
ty claimed, that the fight was solely on
the saloons, why is it that Clay county.
where there has been no saloons for
years, is urged to adopt the law? The
same class OF fanatics that urged its
adoption in this county are also urging
it there. There is a big lot of false
claims set up in this matter and the
end is not yet"
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-10-08
credit to their country.

The Charlton County Brunswicker
asks:-'If local option is adopted III
this county, who will determine when
an .old soak,w will be entitled to 'pure
alcohol for art, scientific or mechanical
purposes?'" The Wood law is a bad
law from all points of view. Vote it
down.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-10-08

An impression has been made upon
many minds that even If the Wood law
passes liquors a be bought for home
nse, from the drug stores. This is an
error. Read the law and see.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-10-08
The assertion that the purpose of tn,

The assertion that the purpose of the
Wood law is to abolish the saloon is a
false pretense. There was 10 a saloon
in Mr.. Woods county when he secnrei
The passage OF the law. 1t is simply d
severe prohibition law, applying to
every person.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-10-08

Every anti-prohibitionist should make
it a sacred duty to be at the polls next
Thursday, October Ii, to vote against
the Wood law.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-10-08
WOMEN AT q POLLS.

EDITOR lNrELLIG ENCER:-I hav,
heard it stated that in some localiiie.
in our county The women intend tax
Ing part Iii the a preaching prohibi
ton election; that they intend going te
the polls and there mix and mingle and
associate With the excited croWd and
solicit votes; that they will parade the
streets and hang around the rolls and
arm the voters tor the purpose of in.
fluencing votes. Can this be true .
Lafayette county women2 posi-
oie ior southern n Wave occupied,
10 abandon the Ind take part In the
s.oh .neE~ and bitter of all political
[@estsl In the name of all that is
good, true and pure, L protest.
A FRIEND.
We do not know how to answer our
corresp ondoni, Who, by the way, is an
estjmable gentleman and citizen. We
are not in the confidence of the ladies
who would be apt to do what is spoken
of, and can not say. If we were to
protest against it we should be apt to
be misunderstood and misjudged.
Upon one point, however, we can
freely speak, and that is as to the
Offering of lunches upon the one side
or drinks upon the other TO influence
votes. This we have shown to be
illegal, as all must upon reflection see
that it is wrong. The lunch business
and the bar rooms should keep hands
of. We hope that everywhere in the
county the saloons will be closed, and
that no back-doOr or other evasions
will be permitted. The election should
be fairly and h%onorably conducted. Ii
anything we can say may be heard in
that direction we should respectfully
recommend the ladies to stay away
from the polls. This is a political
election, for men to settle; it is Ole
which has called forth much feeling
and rancor; the excitement about the
polls, even it repressed, will be strong
and earnest Every gentleman, upon
whichsoever side he may be, will no
doubt do all in his power 10 protect
every lady, but are the streets upon
such occasions fit places for gentle wo-
men? We hope that it will be impossi-
BILE to see repeated at u polling booths
the scenes that are said to have occur
red at some other places where tails
s.local option" law hvs boon submitted.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-10-08

ST. Joseph Gazette ga Missourian
crossed over from Kansas. yesterday
where he has been sojourning for sew
eral weeks. He was drunk when he
arrived here, but has sobered up sufi-
GENTLY to remark that he wouldn't be-
gin to live in a prohibition state. He
went to Kansas to sober up, but whisky
was so easy to get and SO frightfully
bad when he did get it, that he couldn't
stand either the quantity or quality and
so came back to Missouri to save his
life." -zlssa1L b. ~, ...-
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-10-08
Farmers and Stockmen

we will deliver at any railr, adj depot Lump
Rock Salt. send rs your name and we WI
send you sou ething to you benefit.
LEHMAN Il co.,
ty23tf Higglnsfille' MO.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-10-08

If YOU don't believe the Wood law
means prohibition it is because you
have not read it. Do so now. You will
find it in full on the first page. Read
sections 6, s and 9, particu larly.